Unnecessary slang

Problem: I recently was educated about the Philadelphia regional use of the word "jawn" which essentially means anything. (Thank you Urban Dictionary- http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jawn). Having grown up in Philly/Philly suburbs, clearly I missed something growing up because I had never heard of this word until a week ago.

First of all, why make up a word that's a substitute for a "thing?" Doesn't "thing" already cover jawn? If it can be used in so many contexts, then what is its utility? 

Second, does jawn wield some sort of awesome factor?  If so, what are jawn's origins? I had spoken to some co-workers who were familiar with the word when they were kids- but that was 30-40 years ago!  Was jawn considered cool a long time ago, and then made a comeback, or was it Philly mainstream for the past 40 years?

Third, if you're going to come up with slang, why would you ever go with "jawn?" It's basically yawn, but a fancy J substitutes for the Y. Although spelling for jawn is not consistent because it is slang, regardless it still sounds pretty lame. 

Solution:  Saying jawn makes me yawn.  Although I am usually a big fan of fun slang, this diction is a bore.  Jawn seems to be an excuse to be lazy about speech that creepily borders on Newspeak from 1984. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak) Obviously people can practice First Amendment rights, but jawn is a silly and unnecessary word that should be booted from Philly's vernacular.

What's up with library books?

Problem: You always have trouble finding your library card.  When you actually check out a library book, I personally almost always forget to either bring my card or return the book once the time period expires.

Some libraries have renewing systems on-line.  The problem with this is that sometimes you are not allowed to renew books on-line for mystery reasons.  I tried renewing a book on-line but was unable to. I didn't have a chance to return it to the library and now I have a silly overdue fee.

Solution:
Either have on-line renewal or not.  If there are certain exceptions, state them clearly with that specific book when someone takes it out.

Welcome!

Problem: Too many blogs are around that talk about nothing while pretending to talk about something.

Nowadays there are a million people with a million different things to say.  Luckily for you, my dear reader, we are only contributing to this problem!

BUT...

Solution: At least here, we're upfront about the purposes of our rants and writings.  Primarily this is a space to talk about unnecessary BS that we deal with in our lives- whether it is odd social norms, unnecessary paperwork, or just random inconsistencies that waste our time, hopefully this will be a therapeutic and amusing way to complain about everyday things.

We may propose solutions, we may not.  It depends on our mood.

Think of this as a Seinfeld-esque blog.

Enjoy!